5 interesting facts we learned from Anna North's Buzzfeed piece on dating with dwarfism and other conditions that lead to small stature:

1. Experts believe that little people are just as likely to marry or have long-term relationships as average-sized people, but it takes them longer, due to prejudice and the simple fact that there aren't as many of them out there dating:

[Leah Smith, vice president of public relations for Little People of America (LPA)] says about one in every 30,000 people is born with some condition that leads to small stature. So even if you grew up in a big city, there may be only two or three other little people in your age group - and since families who have children with dwarfism often connect, "the likelihood is you grew up with them, and they're like a brother. It doesn't mean you can't date, but it's harder."

2. A lot of relationships between little people start at LPA conventions, and thus continue over long distance.

3. Way more women attend conventions than men, which means that straight women who get lucky "get glares." And it's not because there are more female little people than male — some say it's because women are more comfortable talking about their condition.

Kara Ayers, a blogger and therapist who has written about the experience of parenting as a little person, says she thinks girls who are little people may be more open to going to conventions and talking with other little people from a young age. She and her husband both have the bone condition osteogenesis imperfecta, which affects their height, but growing up, he felt "too cool" for conventions: "He's glad his parents took him but he wasn't the one asking to go." She says adult men, too, may have less interest in being part of a community of little people.